Recent reviews by Sanikku

2024 Update: Servers have gotten better but also I've been erroneously banned :(. both Bandai support teams said that using an alternate account to evade the ban (Both JP and EN) is okay so not all is lost, just have to grind a bit. However if you play this game, know you might randomly lose your content. Despite that I still think the game is incredibly fun and the depth the gameplay provides is incredible.

Original review:
Servers are currently ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but they seem to be ironing out the problems, that being said about the game itself; Possibly one of the best mecha video games you could play for free right now. While very arcade; it feels very grounded and fun. If you're a fan of U.C. Gundam do not even think of not playing the game. Kicks ass and loads of fun.

Changed from negative to positive. I still say, remove repair cost. They fixed alot of these issues but i'll keep my previous review under this for reference, typos included.

The game's pretty neat, sim-like with various aircraft and ground vehicles from the interwar period all the way to the 90s. Pretty slick, a bit buggy and unrealistic at times but a fun play.

Previous review:

"So review bombing does damage to the game in that new players simply won't try it, while it doesn't raise their awareness of the problems you've noticed." Yes, we don't people to play this game until the problems are fixed. I've played this game for a good while, and either fix it or kill it. War Thunder has the biggest selection of vehicles, the best A2A missile modeling, only game with planes and a good ground component; and that's where the good things end.

♥♥♥♥ economy, outdated Single Player mechanics on an MMO. Repair cost, ammo cost. This isn't Ace Combat 2, this game is punishing due to it's realism*, and the silver lion progression is slow. The thing is, this is the only MMO where you LOSE progress upon death, not only do you need to research your vehicles but once unlocked you need to buy them. And one can make the argument "Get good and you wont loose progress upon death!"; but the issue is, you are actively discouraged to do team work due to not earning anything from it, in air your team mates are savage beasts that will try to take any kill possible or accuse you of kill stealing when you didn't. In ground people will try to use you as armor instead of repairing you and ram you if you're in the way. But this is not their fault, it's the savage economy driving them insane.

This game is a vicious cycle that feels like you're working a job instead of playing a fun game.

I understand it's free, I understand you can't give everything to the player for free which is why i invested in premium in the past. But Gaijin instead of fixing the problem and listening to the community, gave tone deaf responses and threatened to shut down the game (so i heard).

And i say realism* because there is still a Russian bias as well as weird physics and quirks with weapon operation, some which get in the way of combat such has having to spool missiles when they're always active and launch delays despite ACM mode being a feature of some of these Aircraft. Warthunder sucks. Either kill it or fix it. And if they kill it; i'm sure someone will do a custom server or something.